In this tutorial, Nasko presents an in-depth walk-through on creating a Future Bass drop in FL Studio. This genre, characterized by melodic elements and massive super-saw chords, is difficult to master – especially for new producers.

One thing a lot of producers tell us they struggle with is 808’s in Trap music. They always ask how to make them punch through the mix and fill the low end of the drop. Serum, the powerful synth by Xfer Records, is a versatile synth that can make some awesome 808’s when used effectively.

There is no better way to improve your music productions than to develop basic keyboard skills. Of course you don’t need to be a virtuoso to produce music, but having some keyboard techniques and musicianship is very important. Even if you never played a keyboard before, or if you’re paranoid at the thought of learning chords and scales, have no fear. Matt Vanacoro is here to show you how easy it can be to learn to play the keys. No sight-reading necessary!

This course aims to introduce complete beginners to the violin, and impart rudimentary bowing and playing skills. Learners will also be taught how to familiarize themselves with the fingerboard and increase their ability to play fast passages through a tried-and-tested practice method. At the end of the course, learners will be able to practice effectively, and play any note, piece or pop song in the first position.

Guest Tutor Ryan Enzed is back on Sonic Academy presenting his latest course - How To Make Melbourne Bounce. Derived from the up-beat, horn-synth infused Dutch house and using elements of psytrance and electro house along with an offbeat baseline for that all important ‘Bounce’ feel, Ryan digs deep into this unique genre. Over 13 videos Ryan shows you how programme the drums, baselines, synth leads right through to the mixing and mastering. Be careful though, this track is going to lodge itself in your brain!

Modular Synthesizers are not only a sight to behold but fascinating instruments capable of producing unique sounds that people have never heard before. Now that you’ve mastered oscillators and filters (covered in Synth 101) and modulation and envelopes (covered in Synth 102), it’s time to dive deeper as Andrew Scheps explains the world of Modular Synthesis.

Audio meters are much more than the basic level meter that bounces along to the music in your DAW. From wave shape to frequency balance, audio meters offer all kinds of useful information about audio signals. There’s a lot of technicality involved in learning them, but luckily Joe Albano is here to explain it all!

Ever wonder how artists make their music sound so good? It’s all in the mix. Even when big musicians are touring on the road and recording in hotel rooms they sound incredible because their engineers are so good.

Proper analysis of your track through good metering tools is an extremely important part of the mixing and mastering processes. In this video, Maxim will show you a variety of different high-quality metering plugins you can use to help your analysis.

Hold on to your hats because this week Sonic Academy's bringing you an epic monster of a course, proudly welcoming back psy-trance maestro Protoculture in How To Make Psy-Trance under his other alias Shadow Chronicles.

There’s a lot that goes into Dubstep sound design and creating that first bass hit in your drop is extremely important. With so many aspiring Dubstep producers out there, it’s important that you immediately grab the attention of your audience and get their head bouncing immediately.

Mixing and mastering are two different processes that require different techniques, approaches, and mindsets. In this tutorial, Maxim will demonstrate how and why equalization techniques in the mixing stage will be very different than the final mastering stage.

Studio guru Marcus Huyskens presents an awesome, in-depth video series designed for the beginner to intermediate Pro Tools 2018 user! Learn Pro Tools Native or HD from the ground up, all the way to exporting your masterpiece, for all the world to hear.